The official Dragon Ball website’s seventy-ninth entry in “The Nearly Complete Works of Akira Toriyama” — an on-going series highlighting rare and important pieces of the author’s work over the years — is his illustration for the ’89 Jump Anime Carnival special Kosuke-sama Rikimaru-sama –Konpeitō no Ryū– (“Kosuke and Rikimaru: The Dragon of Konpei Island”), …
Bandai Namco has issued a brief statement on social media regarding “hacking” in the console editions of Dragon Ball XENOVERSE 2 and potential account bans coming to offending players: XV2 Players: We’re aware of hacking issues currently plaguing the console version. In order to preserve the integrity of the game as it was originally designed, …
Bandai Namco Holdings has posted a ¥54.109 billion (approximately $493 million) profit for the full fiscal year of 2018, compared to a ¥44.159 billion profit last year. Dragon Ball came in as the company’s best-performing franchise for the year, pulling in ¥97.9 billion (yet another jump over last year’s ¥61.1 billion), significantly beating the company’s …
The official Dragon Ball website’s seventy-eighth entry in “The Nearly Complete Works of Akira Toriyama” — an on-going series highlighting rare and important pieces of the author’s work over the years — is a collection of rough sketches circa 1988 for character designs at the 23rd Tenka’ichi Budōkai. The website’s commentary notes that this is …
Bandai Namco has announced a forthcoming patch for Dragon Ball FighterZ set for release 09 May 2018 adding two new modes — “FighterZ Cup” and “Party Battle” — alongside a slew of character-specific gameplay tweaks. NEW FEATURES: More information will be revealed soon for the events linked to these new features • FIGHTERZ CUP: a …
The official Dragon Ball website’s seventy-seventh entry in “The Nearly Complete Works of Akira Toriyama” — an on-going series highlighting rare and important pieces of the author’s work over the years — is a preview for additional Dr. Slump from its premiere in the 1980 #5-6 double issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump (released 05 January …
The second collected volume of Yoshitaka Nagayama‘s Super Dragon Ball Heroes: Dark Demon Realm Mission (“Ankoku Makai Mission”) manga series, “Time of the Dark Demon Realm’s Resurrection” (暗黒魔界復活の時 Ankoku Makai Fukkatsu no Toki), saw its release this week (02 May 2018) in Japan. 7つの暗黒ドラゴンボールを集め、暗黒魔界復活を目論む首領・メチカブラ！ “時の界王神”率いるトランクスたちタイムパトロールは、持てる力を結集して立ち向かう！！ 暗黒魔界ミッション、極に第一部完！ Boss Mechickaboola plots to revive the Dark Demon Realm by gathering …
The official Dragon Ball website’s seventy-sixth entry in “The Nearly Complete Works of Akira Toriyama” — an on-going series highlighting rare and important pieces of the author’s work over the years — is the reverse side of the second “Dr. Slump Hoyoyo Card” that came with the 1980 #41 issue of Weekly Shōnen Jump, released …
The official Dragon Ball website’s seventy-fifth entry in “The Nearly Complete Works of Akira Toriyama” — an on-going series highlighting rare and important pieces of the author’s work over the years — is a postcard sent out to members of Toriyama’s fanclub in May 1987: I’ve had a lot going on so it’s been a …
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Alongside a two–part podcast series on this material, we are excited to debut a new expansion in our “Manga Guide“: — Dragon Ball Prototypes — The main listing page contains links to overviews of Dragon Boy and The Adventure of Tongpoo, two short stories Akira Toriyama developed and published in 1983 that served as obvious …